Dorothy+Brown


 * SUMMARY: Dorothy Brown, age 37, died August 16, 1974 after an abortion performed at Friendship Medical Center in Chicago, IL.**

Dorothy K. Brown, age 37, underwent a [|safe and legal abortion] at Friendship Medical Clinic in Chicago on August 16, 1974. Within hours, she was dead at a nearby hospital. Her death was attributed to "shock related to hemorrhagic necrosis of uterus." That means that blood from her uterus was unable to get back into her circulatory system, overwhelming the tissues and causing them to die.

@Julia Rogers (April, 1973) and @Evelyn Dudley (March, 1973) also died after abortions at Friendship Medical Center.

As you can see from the graph below, abortion deaths were falling dramatically before legalization. This steep fall had been in place for decades. To argue that legalization lowered abortion mortality simply isn't supported by the data.



Sources: 
 * Chicago Sun-Times, "The Abortion Profiteers." 11-19-78;
 * Death Certificate No. 621691

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